CBA’s AI Companion is expected to face some hard questions
Commonwealth Bank is anticipating that its in-app AI assistant Companion will be privy to questions and information that customers may not ordinarily share through traditional…
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Komatsu Australia to move 4000 users to zero trust cloud security
Komatsu Australia is moving to protect its corporate network using zero trust network architecture to tackle rapidly emerging cyber security threats posed by frontier AI…
NAB’s long-time technology executive Patrick Wright to retire
National Australia Bank is set for a shake-up of its technology leadership with Patrick Wright set to retire after over nine years. The bank is…
North Korean hacking group builds AI tools
A North Korean hacking group built large language model tools and collected software that could help automate cyberattacks, analyse stolen material and produce more convincing…
University of Southern Queensland switches hypervisor software
University of Southern Queensland has replaced its hypervisor software, migrating around 800 virtual machines supporting 100 virtualised applications to run on Nutanix’s AHV and Lenovo…
Eightcap uses AI to scale compliance across global markets
Fast-growing Australian fintech Eightcap is using AI to help manage growing compliance workloads while ensuring customer data complies with privacy, access and data sovereignty requirements…
Australia’s use of AI is growing faster than its foundations
New SAP ‘Value of AI’ research shows that Australian organisations have spent the past year completing ever more tasks with AI, and they expect its…
Aussie Broadband actively exploring AI in customer service
Aussie Broadband is actively exploring AI as a handoff technology for routine and repetitive customer support requests. The telco has traditionally championed a human-centred ethos…
Sportsbet deploys AI gateway to enforce guardrails, manage costs
Sportsbet has deployed a centralised control plane to govern its increasing adoption of AI and control the technology’s usage and costs. The company has deployed…
Foreign control of AI vendors a board-level risk, ASD says
Australian boards should treat the foreign ownership, control and influence of their artificial intelligence (AI) providers as a cyber risk in its own right, the…
Regional Tech Hub confirms it is winding up
The last remaining services of the Regional Tech Hub will close at the end of the month, ending a five-and-a-half-year run that saw it provide…
Coles’ tech teams to be impacted as outsourcing to Accenture deepens
Coles Group is expanding a long-term outsourcing agreement with Accenture to cover more “technology, digital and specialist capabilities”, which will impact several hundred roles in…